Syllabus - The University of Texas of the Permian Basin

EDUC 6305/EDRD 6305 Course Calendar - Spring 2013
Week Module
Opens
1 Jan. 14
2 Jan. 21
3 Jan. 28
4 Feb. 4
5 Feb. 11
6 Feb. 18
7 Feb. 25
8 Mar. 4
Module Topic Readings
Ethical
Responsibility
and Research
The Roles and
Tools of
Research
Literature
Reviews
Learning APA
Format
Qualitative
Research
APA Manual: Chpt. 1
Leedy & Ormrod (2013):
pp. 104-110
Leedy & Ormrod: Chpts. 1 & 2
(pp. 27-42), pp. 226-7, 232
Leedy & Ormrod: Chpts. 3
- How to Evaluate Journal Articles
- What are Empirical Articles?
- Scholarly Sources -
Writing a Lierature Review
Leedy & Ormrod: Chpt. 5,
APA Manual: Chpts. 2, 6, 7
Leedy & Ormrod: Chpt. 6
Quantitative
Research:
Leedy & Ormrod: Chpt. 8
Descriptive
Research
Quantitative
Research:
Experimental and Leedy & Ormrod: Chpts. 4 & 9
Ex Post Facto
Designs
Group Projects Class Discussion
Group Project #1:
Quantitative and
Qualitative Research
Group Project #2:
Quantitative Research
Methods
Module Assignments
Collaborative Assignments
Module 1:
Class Discussion:
Syllabus Facts
Module 2:
Class Discussion: Possible
Topics
Module 3: None
Module 4:
Class Discussion:
Quantitative Research
Module 5: Class
Discussion: Qualitative
Research
Module 6: None
Module 7:
Class Discussion: Variables
in Quantitative Research
Strateiges for
Analyzing
Quantitative Data
Leedy & Ormrod: Chpt. 11 Module 8: None
Individual
Assignments
Module 1: Human
Participants Ethics Tutorial
Module 2:
Plagiarism Tutorial
Module 3:
Research Topic and
References
Module 4:
Topic Paragraph and
Expanded Reference List
Module 5:
Finding Themes in
Research
Module 6:
Topical Outline
Module 7:
Work on Rough Draft (no
assignment to be
submitted)
Module 8:
Submit Rough Draft of
Introduction and
Literature Review
Module Closes (at
midnight)
Jan. 20
Jan. 27
Feb. 3
Feb. 10
Feb. 17
Feb. 24
Mar. 3
Mar. 17